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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The holiday season is in full swing and more finds are coming in my change. Paying cash is always good since you get change back and avoid the card fees. I have that old world mentality that if can not afford to pay it cash then you should not buy it.

This latest wheat cent find is common as most 1940s coins are since the war made governments churn out coins and made citizens hoard them. Even in higher grades war time coins were common. I recall hearing stories how people gave children brand new pennies for Christmas back in the day. Many of those kids would spend it immediately but others would keep them in the original Christmas cards or special gift box. I am pretty sure those cards are collectible but I do not know anything about them.

This coin was just found in my change but it is nice to think about what it may have gone through.

22
dollars worth, for Comments/Questions click here.:

David M
said...

How do you take your pictures? I've been trying to on a few of my coins with my 14.1 megapixel camera but it's always out of focus and the shadow covers the coin when I lean over it. The best shots I can get are from far away where you can't see much detail at all.

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